Apparatus and method for exchanging version indicator information between entities in a wireless network
First Claim
1. a base station for use in a wireless network comprising a plurality of base stations, wherein the wireless network is capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network, the base station being a first of the plurality of base stations and comprising:
- a communication controller operable to communicate using a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards;
receive an information request message from a second base station of the plurality of base stations, said information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which said second base station operates, wherein the first RAN architecture standard is one of the plurality of RAN architecture standards; and
in response to receiving the information request message, transmitting an information response message to the second base station formatted in accordance with said first RAN architecture standard.
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Abstract
A communication controller associated with a first network entity in a wireless network. The communication controller communicates with at least a second network entity according to one or more radio access network (RAN) architecture standards and transmits an information request message to the second network entity. The information request message comprises a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which the first network entity operates. The version indicator field comprises a first subfield identifying the first RAN architecture standard and a second subfield identifying a particular version of the first RAN architecture standard.
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20 Claims
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1. a base station for use in a wireless network comprising a plurality of base stations, wherein the wireless network is capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network, the base station being a first of the plurality of base stations and comprising:
- a communication controller operable to communicate using a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards;
receive an information request message from a second base station of the plurality of base stations, said information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which said second base station operates, wherein the first RAN architecture standard is one of the plurality of RAN architecture standards; and
in response to receiving the information request message, transmitting an information response message to the second base station formatted in accordance with said first RAN architecture standard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a communication controller operable to communicate using a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards;
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9. A wireless network comprising:
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a plurality of base stations, each of said base stations capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network; and a communication controller associated with a first one of said plurality of base stations, wherein said communication controller is capable of; communicating using a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards; receiving an information request message from said second base station, said information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which said second base station operates, wherein the first RAN architecture standard is one of the plurality of RAN architecture standards; and in response to receiving the information request message, transmitting an information response message to the second base station formatted in accordance with said first RAN architecture standard. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. For use in a wireless network capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network, a method of controlling communications between a first network entity and a second network entity, the second network entity capable of communication using a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting an information request message from the first to the second network entity, the information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which the first network entity operates, wherein the first RAIN architecture standard is one of the plurality of RAN architecture standards; in the second network entity, determining the first RAN architecture standard from a value in the version indicator field; formatting an information response message in the second network entity according to first RAN architecture standard; and transmitting the information response message from the second network entity to the first network entity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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